Serious Games Design

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The rapidly growing Serious Games industry focuses on solving real-world problems using the universal appeal of play. In this major, you'll learn how to design and deliver game experiences to drive positive change in education, healthcare, marketing and more.

You’ll study game-based learning, puzzle design and game production, and use these skills to create emotionally rich and challenging experiences within your own games and simulations, including experiences for PC, mobile and virtual reality.

You can take your newfound knowledge and skills into the many companies that are now growing around the games industry.

Career opportunities

Job opportunities include embedded roles in government agencies and not-for-profits, as well as video games publishing, marketing, production and management.

Major (8)

For a major in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

Required courses (8)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Complexity and Social Work: Policy and Practice
SGD102 Indigenous Australia and the State
SGD103 Understanding Cultural Diversity
SGD200 Environment and Health
SGD202 Science Research Methods
SGD214 Innovation Management and Professional Development
SGD321 Leading and Managing Organisations
ICT352 Innovation by Design

*Available to be studied online

Minor (4)

For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

Required courses (4)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation
SGD103 Research Design: Methodology and Literature Review
SGD200 Coursework 1 Hons School of Communication & Creative Industries
SGD202 Coursework 2 Hons School of Communication & Creative Industries